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| '''1855''' | | '''1855''' | ||
| | | July 16 - Through the Treaty of Hell Gate the Salish and Kutenai (Kootnai) Indians ceded their lands to the United States. | ||
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| Montana Territory was established with nine counties. | | March 26 - Montana Territory was established with nine counties. | ||
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| '''1870''' | | '''1870''' | ||
| | | January 22 - Piegan Indian village was attacked by troops of the U.S. Cavalry under command of Col. E. M. Baker, 174 Indians killed, 140 taken prisoner. | ||
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| '''1867-1877''' | | '''1867-1877''' | ||
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| '''1876''' | | '''1876''' | ||
| | | June 25 - Sioux Wars General George Armstrong Custer and 265 men of the 7th Cavalry slaughtered by Cheyenne and Sioux Indians at the Battle of Little Big Horn. | ||
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| '''1879''' | | '''1879''' | ||
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| '''1889''' | | '''1889''' | ||
| Montana became a state. | | November 8 - Montana became a state. | ||
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| '''1892''' | | '''1892''' | ||
| | | October 15 - Crow Indian Reservation opened to settlers by Presidential proclamation. The territory covered 1,800,000 acres. | ||
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| '''1898''' | | '''1898''' | ||